Full-fashioned stocking



Feb. 7, 1939. M. L. EN-GLER 2,146,056

FULL-FASHIONED STOCKING Filed Feb. 28, 1938 INVENTOR MADISEIYN LDENGLER w lmToRNEY Patented Feb. 7, 1939 2,146,056

FULL-FASHIONED STOCKING Madison L. Dengler, Robesonia, Pa., assignor to Wm. F. Muller, Ina, Robesonia,,la., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application February 28, 1938, Serial No. 193,049

3 Claims. (Cl. 66-172) This invention relates to hosiery, and particu- Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view showlarly to flat knit or full-fashioned hosiery. ing the knitting,

In the knitting of full-fashioned hosiery, many Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of expedients have been advanced for creating run the upper part of the stocking with the reinforc- 5 stops. It is a well known fact that unless the ing thread area and transfer courses exagger- 5 leg of the stocking is, in some manner, snagged, ated, and

the majority of runs commence at the upper Figure4 is a view similar to Figure 2 on a repart of the stocking, and usually in the area fasduced scale, and shows adjacent transfer courses. tened into the garters of the wearer. This is en- As illustrated in the drawing, the stocking A m hanced by the fact that women are oftimes carehas a welt B, and in the present instance, is less in attaching garters to the stocking; and do shown with an after welt C. At a suitable point not always place the garters on the welt. To in the after welt, the stocking is provided with an aid in the elimination of runs, it is customary extra reinforcing thread D, which extends for a to make that part of the stocking called the number of courses, to provideareinforcing thread ,5 -after welt out of the same kind of heavier area E. Intermediate this reinforcing thread material that the welt portion of the stock is area, there is a plurality of transfer courses F. made of, and is usually heavier than that ma- In the present instance, there are shown two terial of which the leg portion is produced. In transfer courses F and F Below the point G, some instances, the area below the welt and indicating the bottom o the a r W t, the leg H,

usually above the knee of the wearer is provided ineluding he instep I and reinforced heel J and 20 with one or more transfer courses, which are reinforced sole K are knit in the conventional more or less effective in stopping runs which commanner. mence above the same. s Figure 2 indicates, in the present instance, the

If, however, one of the threads above the knitting in the after welt, the courses M repretransfer courses becomes broken, through the senting reinforced threads, such as are custom- 25 pull of the garter or'otherwise, the run may y s i Providing the after Welt- In this continue right on through these transfer courses, respect. it s t tended that there Shall be and oftimes extend through the full length of the any limitation with respect to this after welt stocking. when used, nor is it intended that an after welt The primary object of the present invention shall always be included in connection with the is to provide an effective run stop. invention. Suffice to say, that, for the purpose A further object of the invention is to beautify of describing the invention, it will be considered the stocking by providing therein course which that there is an after welt below the welt of the simulate a-purl stitch. stocking, although the invention may be em- According to the invention, a. stocking having bodied in a stocking which has no after welt. 35

a welt is provided beneath the welt with a plu- T ourses i d cated by the letter D are inrality of regular knit courses, a reinforcing thread tended as regular knit courses with a reinforcing is then introduced and the regular knitting conthread added to the p of ead wh ch is tinued for one or more o r a plurality of used in the courses M. In the present instance,

40 transfer courses are than made with the reinforcthere has been hO four regularly k t courses ing thread included, one or more courses of reguincluding t relnforelng t e t en a transfer lar knitting with the reinforcing thread included course then a regularly knit lirs D, then a is thenknlt, and then the balance of the stocking transfer eOnrSe and t four regularly k t is knit in the conventional a In t courses, including the splice thread E, while the ings, having a heavy after welt, the reinforcing 1111 M below the Same are arly knit 45 thread is an additional reinforcement in the courses of the reinforced after welt with the reincourse, area through which it extends. There forcing thread Withdrawn may be either a single transfer course, or a plu- In Figure 4, the regularly knit course D between rality of such courses in this reinforci thr ad the transfer courses has been omitted, so that area. the transfer courses are adjacent. 50

The drawing illustrates an embodiment of the In Figu es 1 an e e has n n t empt invention, and the views therein are as'follows:- to ill r e an unusual n i n which results Figure 1 is a side view of the stocking with the from' .the introduction of the reinforcing thread reinforcing thread area and transfer courses with the plurality of transfer courses in the area is exaggerated, x thereof. The transfer courses including the in- I termediate regular course appear to bulge out forming a ridge which simulates a purl stitch, and adds considerable to the aesthetic beauty of the stocking. This particular feature, therefore, is adaptable to articles other than hosiery, the same being produced by introducing a reinforcing thread area with a plurality of transfer courses intermediate thereof, and having the transfer courses either adjacent or separated, and one or more regular knit courses between the same.

It has been found, by many experiments and tests, that runs commencing above the reinforced transfer area will not pass through that area even though threads are broken above the area. The invention, therefore, fills a long felt need in connection with full-fashioned hosiery, and the inclusion of such a device into the stocking, enhances, rather than mars, the beauty of the garment itself.

Of course, the mention of numbers of courses, etc. herein has been only for purposes of description, and these are not intended as limitations because various modifications a'nd changes may be made in the described article and method of knitting the same without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereafter claimed.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows: 1. A stocking having a regular welt and after welt with a reinforcing thread knit into two or 5 more adjacent courses of the after welt, and having two or more substantially adjacent transfer courses in the reinforced part of said after welt whereby the transferred area will stand out from the face of the fabric. l0

2. A stocking having a regular welt and after welt with a reinforcing thread knit into two or more adjacent courses of the after welt, and having two or more succeeding transfer courses in the reinforced part of said after welt whereby the I J fabric.

MADISON L. DEN GLER. 

